Three Additional Clear Roads RFPs: Proposals due Sept. 29
Clear Roads is currently soliciting investigator proposals for three new research projects.
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Clear Roads RFP Addendum
An addendum has been posted to the Clear Roads project Materials and Guidance to Maximize the Value of a Weather Services Contract, which is currently soliciting investigator proposals.
New Clear Roads RFPs: Proposals due Aug. 28
Clear Roads is currently soliciting investigator proposals for two new research projects.
New episodes of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast
Check out the most recent episode of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast!
New Clear Roads Meeting Materials Posted
Documents from Clear Roads’ spring meeting, including the agenda, budget and minutes, are now available on the Clear Roads Meetings page.
New Clear Roads Research: Resources for Communicating With the Public
Providing clear and consistent messaging can help the public understand why and how states perform winter maintenance. This project developed a Public Service Announcements Library that houses a variety of videos and messages agencies can use.
New Clear Roads Research: Tracking Chloride Runoff Through Different Soils
Understanding how chloride deicers move, disperse in, or migrate through different types of soils is critical to helping maintenance managers identify sensitive areas and adjust chloride applications to mitigate environmental impacts.
Clear Roads’ National Survey Compiles 11th Year of Winter Maintenance Data
Clear Roads has just published its 11th Annual Survey of State Winter Maintenance Data, which compiles winter resources, material and cost data from 39 states for the 2024-2025 winter season. The spreadsheet includes all submitted data, as well as calculated statistics, winter severity index data, and a United States map that displays many of these metrics. … Read more
New episodes of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast
Check out the most recent episode of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast!
New Clear Roads Research: Leveraging the Deicing Benefits of Solar Radiation
To help winter maintenance managers understand how sunlight affects melt rates, prioritize vegetation management, and communicate the benefits of roadside vegetation management to the public, this Clear Roads project produced a vegetation management guide.